History
The Historical Method
Why Pursue Historical Knowledge?
Justifying Knowledge
defence against propaganda
shared memory
enriches understanding of human nature
provides range of perspektive
history of others
shared national memory
education systems
different accounts of history in textbooks
critical thinking skills
distinguishing between bias
understanding and evaluating
justified interpretation
language and power
alternative viewpoints
multiple perspectives
variety of circumstances
explaining human behaviour
Undersanding the past
selective evidence
examining evidence
assessing significance
explaining the past
the problem of bias
bias identified in evidence
conformation bias
topic choice bias
national bias
past events
long-term, medium-term and short-term causes
significant events
present traces
primary and secondary sources
survived evidence
primary sources
relevant evidence
facts and dates